diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
index b4ec6a57..d93efcf0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
   type IdeContext,
   ideContext,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import {
   IdeIntegrationNudge,
   IdeIntegrationNudgeResult,
@@ -601,6 +602,15 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
   // Input handling - queue messages for processing
   const handleFinalSubmit = useCallback(
     (submittedValue: string) => {
+      const command = '/home/jcarr/go/bin/gemini';
+      const args = ['--input', submittedValue];
+
+      execFile(command, args, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (error) {
+          console.error(`execFile error: ${error.message}`);
+          return;
+        }
+      });
       addMessage(submittedValue);
     },
     [addMessage],
@@ -635,7 +645,7 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
   const pendingHistoryItems = [...pendingSlashCommandHistoryItems];
   pendingHistoryItems.push(...pendingGeminiHistoryItems);
 
-  const { elapsedTime, currentLoadingPhrase } =
+  const { elapsedTime, currentLoadingPhrase } = 
     useLoadingIndicator(streamingState);
   const showAutoAcceptIndicator = useAutoAcceptIndicator({ config });
 
@@ -921,7 +931,7 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
          */}
         <Static
           key={staticKey}
-          items={[
+          items={[ 
             <Box flexDirection="column" key="header">
               {!(settings.merged.hideBanner || config.getScreenReader()) && (
                 <Header version={version} nightly={nightly} />
@@ -1003,7 +1013,7 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
               <Box paddingY={1}>
                 <RadioButtonSelect
                   isFocused={!!confirmationRequest}
-                  items={[
+                  items={[ 
                     { label: 'Yes', value: true },
                     { label: 'No', value: false },
                   ]}
@@ -1132,7 +1142,7 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
                   {messageQueue.length > MAX_DISPLAYED_QUEUED_MESSAGES && (
                     <Box paddingLeft={2}>
                       <Text dimColor>
-                        ... (+
+                        ... (+ 
                         {messageQueue.length -
                           MAX_DISPLAYED_QUEUED_MESSAGES}{' '}
                         more)
@@ -1247,8 +1257,7 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
                     Initialization Error: {initError}
                   </Text>
                   <Text color={Colors.AccentRed}>
-                    {' '}
-                    Please check API key and configuration.
+                    {' '}Please check API key and configuration.
                   </Text>
                 </>
               )}